Huy Nguyen
Long Beach
Summary
An enthusiastic, self-motivated, and organized professional with five years of Chemical Engineering related, thirteen months within the Pharmaceutical industry, five years with management experiences in manufacturing facility, and four years of experience in rubber formulation including organic and silicone rubber at aerospace companies.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Lab Manager and Rubber Chemist
Rubbercraft Corporation of California
10.2022 - Current
- Working with Business Development Team on New Product Development including developing new compounds, testing protocols, choosing raw materials, etc
- Improving the planning process for mixing schedule to support production on releasing raw materials on time to meet monthly commitment for about $6 million monthly
- Member of SAE Committee to review and provide feedback, ideas of new SAE specifications, as well as balloting before releasing new revisions
- Leading day-to-day operation in the LAB and Mixing
- Improving safety, 5S, material transactions for Mixing activities
- Writing Standard Work Instructions for LAB Testing processes to comply with SAE and ASTM standard practices, and other instructions to support production team
- Improving mixing area including laying out new set up, and better way to keep track on inventory
- Implementing new software to test and generate final test reports for elastomer compounds to eliminate human errors
- Making sure LAB equipment is up to date of calibration
- Preparing documentation for audit processes from AS9100, as well as customer audit
- Responsible to check and declare REACH (SVHC), RoHS, Prop 65, PFAS, etc
- Statement to fulfill customer's requests
- Supporting customer service on answering technical questions about rubber materials from customers
- Well knowledge of rubber testing methods per ASTM standards and material specification such as BMS, AMS, LMA, STD, and MIL specs, etc
- Supporting Sale Team and Quality Team on resolving customer complaints
- Leading Carpex projects in the LAB to get complied equipment for testing, as well as to bring in new equipment for in-house testing to reduce amount of jobs sending to outside lab for testing
- Making sure the team to follow 5S, Safety rules, and company's policies
Lab Supervisor and Rubber Chemist
Kirkhill Inc.
11.2019 - 10.2022
- Knowledge of properties, formulation, and application of rubber compounds both silicone and organic rubber
- Familiar with ASTM, MIL, SAE, etc., specification and test methods for elastomeric materials
- Developed new elastomeric formulas to meet customer's specification
- Wrote Technical Data Sheet for Rocket Insulation for Solid Rocket Motor including Silica Filled (SF), Kevla Filled, and PBI Filled for EPDM and NBR
- Knowledge of rocket insulation for Solid Rocket Motor, Thermal Protection System, and Ablative Materials
- Reviewed and fixed rubber formulation if not giving conformance test results per customer specification
- Supported production on releasing raw materials on time to meet monthly commitment for about $10 million monthly
- Knowledge of fabrication processes for rubber such as calendaring, extruding, and molding of rubber
- Scaled up the compound to be mixed from LAB size to production size
- Selected raw material for new projects or for obsolescence materials effectively to meet customer specification
- Assisted the calibration for all LAB equipment to the right specification
- Knowledge of ECR - (Engineering Change Review) and CCB (Change Control Board) process
- Researched, analyzed and provided technical support to new product on type of materials, fabrication, and processing methods
- Be able to set up and use LAB equipment such as Tensile Meter, Hardness tester, Density Tester, Compression Deflection Tester, Rheometer, Mooney Viscometer, etc
- For mechanical and physical properties of elastomer per ASTM test methods
- Be able to do data analysis on material failure test result to figure out the root cause and lead to corrective action if needed especially in rubber extrusion process
- Worked with other departments to resolve issues related to compounded product quality, able to lead the conversation toward a productive solution using 5Ws method
- Developed new rubber compounds, along with writing test plans, generating final test reports
- Oversaw the LAB technician on their daily tasks
- Created/revised lab docs, SOPs, dept
- Forms, etc
- To comply with ASTM test methods and customer's specifications for rubber products
- Led the CARPEX project to update LAB equipments such as buying Wallace Hardness Tester, Gibitre Density Tester, Premier MDR from Alpha Technology, DSC STA 6000 with auto sampler from Perkin Elmer, etc
- Optimized production process in order to reduce cost and improve productivity
- Supported lab audits such as AS9100, customer audits, NADCAP for nonmetallic lab testing
- Managed multiple projects simultaneously and collaborate with other departments to solve non-routine problems
Production Supervisor
Kirkhill Inc.
08.2018 - 11.2019
- Assigned work according to production schedule
- Suggested improvements in processes, products and schedules
- Worked with Production Manager and Director of Operations to assign work, review activities, review problems
- Selected, trained, supervised and evaluated production personnel
- Supported accounting on cycle counting to make sure the responsible inventory location is accurate
- Worked with the employees to make sure the department's metric is flown down and followed
- Coordinated production activity with other Production Supervisors
- Oversaw and coordinated the assembly of products following AS9100 Regulations
- Ensured 5S is applied properly in the production floor
- Collaborated with various departments to expedite and facilitate flow of raw materials, compounds, bulk, and finished product through the department
- Investigated NCRs working in partnership with Quality to drive root cause problem-solving with urgency
- Led and improved productivity efficiencies within the area to meet safety, quality and on-time delivery goals
Process Engineer
Robinson Pharma Inc.
07.2017 - 08.2018
- Worked with Project Team on new projects for the company such as making plan for installing new equipment such as Gel Reactors, Air Compressor, Boiler, etc
- Contacted manufacturers/vendors for quotations of new equipment, then make comparison to choose the best one with cost effectively
- Assessed processes for their relevance, and assessing the adequacy of engineering equipment
- Developed, evaluated, improved and documented manufacturing processes
- Created SOPs to train new employees, specific about workplace's safety
- Worked with Production/Manufacturing management to train production personnel on new equipment and processes in tablet and capsule manufacturing; blister liquid system, and processes on Soft-gel manufacturing
- Worked with the Supervisors and Machine Operators to make sure running of the machine is always optimum
- Capable of working independently and without direction on assigned projects
- Knowledge of FDA and current cGMP requirements
- Created and revised SOPs for validation of plant processes, equipment installation and operation qualification (IQ and PQ) of equipment
- Walked through the production area to see any irrational processes and make recommendation for better ways to improve
Director's Assistant and Deputy
Cambridge Learning Center
04.2011 - 06.2013
- Maintained and managed 30 employees' schedule coverage for three centers on daily basis
- Tutored high school students in math and chemistry to increase their Grade Point Average
- Persuaded parents to enroll their children and collected tuition fees
Manufacturing Engineer and Supervisor
Duytan Plastic Corporation
09.2006 - 02.2011
- Estimated the budget planning in about $200,000 for raw materials for the company annually
- Oversaw and Directed a group of 40 staff and technicians in daily basis
- Managed the BOM of the SAP project to improve the workflow, planning and logistics issues
- Coached and trained new staff and interns on safety related to rules in the workplace, basic knowledge of thermoplastic, and manufacturing methods
- Collaborated with members of the Quality Assurance Team in developing and implementing test plans, test specification and procedures to ensure the products' quality
- Assisted Product Management, Engineering and Sale Representatives during product development to provide input to product functional specification
- Created and maintained accurate engineering, process and product specification documentation to ensure the assemblies follow in the right directions
- Knowledge of thermal plastic resins using for Injection and Extrusion Molding machines, as well as the Injection and Extrusion processes
- Developed and wrote the Standard Operation Procedures (SOP) for all equipment and processes in the Material Department
- Solved customer's complaints related to materials by doing root cause analysis (RCA) to identify the root causes of faults or problems
Education
B.S. - Chemical Engineering
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
06.2017
Completed Transfer Program -
Southwest College
05.2015
B.S. - Organic Chemistry
Hochiminh University of Industry
05.2009
Skills
- Microsoft Word
- Excel
- PowerPoint
- Matlab
- PRO/II
- 5S
- ISO 9001-4000
- ISO 9001-2008
- DOE
- Lean Manufacturing
- Management Plus (M) CSI (Cloudside Industrial) ERP Software
- GP (Great Plains) ERP Software
- Organization
- Coordination
- Problem-Solving Skills
Personal Information
Citizenship: U.S. Citizen
Timeline
Lab Manager and Rubber Chemist
Rubbercraft Corporation of California
10.2022 - Current
Lab Supervisor and Rubber Chemist
Kirkhill Inc.
11.2019 - 10.2022
Production Supervisor
Kirkhill Inc.
08.2018 - 11.2019
Process Engineer
Robinson Pharma Inc.
07.2017 - 08.2018
Director's Assistant and Deputy
Cambridge Learning Center
04.2011 - 06.2013
Manufacturing Engineer and Supervisor
Duytan Plastic Corporation
09.2006 - 02.2011
Completed Transfer Program -
Southwest College
B.S. - Organic Chemistry
Hochiminh University of Industry
B.S. - Chemical Engineering
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
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